Tag: rap
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Interview With MC Frontalot, the Face of the Nerdcore Rap Movement
SCAD Radio’s Abby Loden chatted with MC Frontalot, a big name on the nerdcore rap scene. How would you describe the nerdcore style? MC Frontalot- Nerdcore is very much like all of the rest of hip-hop, which we’re all so familiar with at this point, except there’s much less pressure on you to be cool.…
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Atrocious Lyricism Drags Down Lil Pump’s ‘Harverd Dropout’
Lil Pump’s first official album following an eponymous mixtape packs more of the lurid lifestyle and soundcloud mixings of the kid behind “Gucci Gang”. Still only 18, Gazzy Garcia follows a distinct recipe: spin a mumble rap beat, sprinkle in salacious one-liners, repeat for 16 songs. From dissing teachers to constantly bringing up past fellatio,…
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Vince Staples Brings Radio to Life on FM!
FM! is presented to give the impression that the listener popped the radio on. “Feels Like Summer” starts with a flip-through of various FM stations before turning the volume up and settling on Vince’s opener. The production across the first few tracks isn’t the EDM-infused rap that made last year’s Big Fish Theory special, but…
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This is America Sends Waves Across the Nation
From riding a Ferris wheel with a teddy bear to spooky campfire stories, we’ve seen it all in Childish Gambino’s music videos. Ironically, one could see the new “This Is America” music video a few times over and still not quite catch all of the imagery. In Donald Glover’s first music video in five years,…
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Care About Saba’s CARE FOR ME
While his features with Chance the Rapper on “Angels” may have been cheerful, Saba’s new album is anything but. 30 seconds into opening track “BUSY / SIRENS”, he informs the listener “I don’t know how long I had depression”. At first glance, it appears we’re about to get another dose of the “sad rap movement”…
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Let Cardi B in with Invasion of Privacy
After a monumental single, a boatload of features, 20 million Instagram followers, and dropping two mixtapes (what b*tch working as hard as her?), we finally have the long-awaited debut album of Bronx rapper Cardi B. Invasion of Privacy opens with an origin story, as our favorite stripper-turned-rapper boasts about her rags to riches beginning on…